Isdud
Isdud / Esdud
اسدود | |
|---|---|
Former village | |
Isdud, pre-1914 | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°45′13″N 34°39′42″E / 31.75361°N 34.66167°E | |
| Palestine grid | 118/129 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | 28 October 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,391 dunams (7.391 km2 or 2.854 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 4,910 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Secondary cause | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current Localities | Sde Uzziyyahu, Shetulim, Bene Darom, and Gan ha-Darom |
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Isdud (Arabic: إسدود, romanized: ʾisdūd) was a Palestinian village in the region of Tel Ashdod that was depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Khalidi says it may have had historic links to Azdud, a postal stop between al-Ramla and Gaza, and the ancient city of Ashdod. The name appears in documents from the time of Mamluk-rule in the mid-15th century. In the Ottoman period, there were 75 households. In 1922, it had a population of 2,566 (2,555 Muslims and 11 Christians) and in 1945, 4,620 Arabs and 290 Jews. During the 1948 war, the Arab inhabitants fled or were expelled.
Today, the village's ruins form part of the Tel Ashdod archaeological site, which lies within the jurisdiction of the Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. The central village mosque stands at the top of the site, as does the khan and the tomb of Sheikh Abu Qubal.